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Informal Grae
Graeme Sandford
United Kingdom, HAMPSHIRE, Totton

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Girl Power v. Lad Power

(5 lads on stage - visually akin to 'The Full Monty') - launch into Spice Girls 'Wannabe'

Lad 1: Yo... I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.

Lad 2: So tell me what you want, what you really, really want.

Lad 3: I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.

Lad 4: So tell me what you want, what you really, really want

Lad 5: (stuttering) I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna... (continues)

Lad 1 (to Lad 2): Ben's off again; must be time for a cuppa.

Lad 2: Yeah, too right.

Lad 3 (to Lad 4): You not into this then?

Lad 4 (to Lad 3): Not really, it's a bit of a girlie song... 'girl-power' and all that.

Lad 3 (to Lad 4): Oh, I suppose it is. I hadn't thought of that. (to all) Hey, lads. this is a bit of a girlie song. Can't we do something more masculine... a bit macho, like?

Lad 1: Yeah, right. Any suggestions?

Lad 2: What about that 'drinkin' song we used to do?

Lad 4: Yes, the 'drinkin' song, that was really 'laddish'.

Lad 3: Great, I loved that one.

Lad 1 (to Lad 4): Ben, we're gonna give the old 'drinkin' song a dust off.

Lad 5: (stops stuttering): Good, I think it was one of our better numbers. The crowd always got up and danced to that one. It's a blooming shame we stopped doing it.

Lad 1: Okay... one, two, three, four...

All Lads: I get knocked down, but I get up again, You’re never going to keep me down. I get knocked down, but I get up again. You‘re never going to keep me down… (continues)

Lad 1: I drink a whisky drink, I drink a vodka drink, I drink a lager drink, I drink a cider drink... (continues)

Lads 2 - 5: We’ll be singing, when were winning, We’ll be singing, when we’re winning (continues)

Lad 2: Oh, Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Danny Boy... (Continues)

All Lads 3 - 5: I get knocked down, but I get up again, You’re never going to keep me down. I get knocked down, but I get up again. You‘re never going to keep me down… (continues)

Lad 3: Don’t cry for me, next door neighbour… (continues)

Lads 4 + 5: We’ll be singing, when were winning, We’ll be singing, when we’re winning (continues)

Lad 4: Slam your body down and wind it all around, slam your body down and wind it all around, slam your body down and wind it all around… (continues)

Lad 5: Slam your body down,

All Lads: Zigazig, ah! (stop)

 

 

All Lads: great stuff…. Nice one… Good ending, Ben… That was a bit more like it… Still got it… (to fade)

End

 

 


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scottishsong Comment by: scottishsong Online- 2008-01-07 17:38
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Chumba Wumba..... yes!
Nora Comment by: Nora Online- 2008-01-07 13:13
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Oh, Graeme. I love you more than ever. I think I need a wall sized poster of you for the shrine I'm about to construct. Can I be a roadie?

And Janyce? The second song? You'd know it the second you heard it. Maybe the lyrics don't ring a bell, but the tune...if you ever left the house or even had a TV on in the year--what was it? maybe '97 or '98?--you would recognize it.

Best thing I read all day.

*kicks Crime and Punishment across the room*
Arley Comment by: Arley - 2008-01-07 05:41
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Hahaha! Thar ya go, Graeme. And you and me will be “singing when we’re winning” as will the rest of the crew, heh heh. Damn entertaining piece you penned here!!
easywriter58 Comment by: easywriter58 Online- 2008-01-07 01:56
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I liked the first song better but I am a girlie- girl. I have never heard song two. Somehow I visualize you guys locking arms when you sing this and swaying back and forth-the way girls would lock arms doing a high kick. Of course, I don't know the tempo.

haha The full Monty -I don't think you should have your characters doing high kicks though.
Informal Grae Comment by: Informal Grae - 2008-01-07 00:28
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To help Nory with this one, Lad 1 is Mitch, Lad 2 is Arley, Lad 3 is Lord Jim, Lad 4 is Kero-John, and I'll be lad 5 for you. Hope that helps you visuallising this little item, Nory.
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